Pāli Dictionary

Kokanada

Place

菩提王子新落成的宫殿,他曾邀请佛陀与僧众前来应供。

The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed (Vin.ii.127; iv.199; M.ii.91). The artisan who built it was blinded, in case he should build another like it (J.iii.157; but see DhA.iii.134 f, where it is said that, warned by Bodhi’s friend, Sañjikāputta, the builder escaped on a magic bird).

According to Buddhaghosa (MA.ii.739), the palace was called Kokanada (lotus), because it was built in the form of a hanging lotus.

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